NationStates Jolt Archive

You know, the rules about what you can take on board a plane are clearly delineated and easily available. In fact, Expedia, Travelocity, travel agents and airlines will itemize them for you in your reservation information. If this woman had bothered to read, listen - pay attention - she would have known that the cup should have been empty. There would have been no difficulty if she had been prepared when she went into the boarding area and if she had not taken attitude with people. My experience with airport security has been that if you're up front and cooperative, things go quickly and you are treated with courtesy and respect. I don't travel very much, having taken four plane trips in the past two years, but it doesn't seem like rocket science - plan properly and be prepared - that worked before 9/11 and it works now.

So, your opinions about this incident.

Your experiences, good and bad, with air travel.

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/airport-security-counters-sippy-cup/20070617134309990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

My flying experiences have all been fairly straightforward and simple, especially after the stepping-up of security, because it's fairly straightforward now what you can and can't bring on an airplane, and what you should do before you reach security.

Hell, before my last flight, I was out of my shoes before I even was at the metal detector/scanner station. If you're totally cooperative, you'll have no problems and the whole "ordeal" will be fairly painless.

I think that when major court legislation occurs over an incident involving a sippy cup, the terrorists have already won. :(

I think that when major court legislation occurs over an incident involving a sippy cup, the terrorists have already won. :(

:( They don't actually have to do anything anymore except sit back and watch us spiral downward.